Structured, with ample toast. Offers slightly chewy layers of currant and fig fruit supported by briar, sweet toast and licorice. A raisined hint on the finish holds it back, but this is still very solid. Drink now through 2010. 1,000 cases made, 600 cases imported.??–JM??Region: Chile / Central Valley-Chile / Rapel / Colchagua Valley Select to Add

Ultra ripe red fruit and liquorice. Fresh, complex, deep nose. Character and finesse. Baked fruit, terroir-driven. Needs time.

Aromas of wet clay, spice and soft black fruits carry the bouquet, while the palate is plump and easygoing, with mildly herbal cassis and black-fruit flavors. If you don’t mind a little overt, heavy oak then this four-grape blend headed by Cabernet will do the trick.——M.S.(9/1/2008)—— 87